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UNITED STATES 4PATENT' "OFFICE,

HENRY C. MILLIGAN, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE IRONCLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF 'NEW YORK, N. Y.

HANDpL'E-COVERING.

`SPECIIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,492, dated March4, 1884.

Application led June 22, 1883. (No model.) v I 'To @ZZ whom it mayconcern.:

Be it known that LHENRY C. MILLIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have in ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Handle-Coverings, of which thefollowing is ing-pans and like articles are generally thin pieces ofmetal, with a slightly concave upper face and slightly convexed lowerface. These handles are open to the objection that they will in usebecome heated to such an extent that they cannot be grasped withoutusing a .cloth to protect the hand. As shown by the state of the. art,attempts have been made to meet this objection by providing ahandle-covering of perforated metal, or a handle-covering vso attachedthat an air-space will be left between the handle and thehandle-covering, whereby the surface be kept coo My present inventionconsists in a handlecovering composed of wood-or other non-conductingmaterial shaped to conform to the shape of the handle, and adapted tocover one side entirely and the other partially. The under side of thehandle-covering is provided with two inwardly-projecting flanges adaptedto lap upon the handle, the wood being cut away to form these iiangesand leave a recess or groove on each side of the handle-covering,between it and the ianges, whereby the attachment of the handle-coveringto the handle may be obtained by forcing the handlecovering onto thehandle, the edges of the latter entering the recesses of the former, allas hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanyingv drawings, in the several figures of which likeparts are designated by similar letters of reference, Figure 1 is afront view, in elevation, of a pan-handle having my improvement applied.Fig. 2 is an edge view and part section, yand Fig. 3 an end viewthereof.

grasped bythe hand will always the lowersurface slightly convexed, andhaving its end b turned downwardly to facilitate its attachment to thepan.

c designates the handle-covering, which, as here shown, consists of apiece ofwood of the proper size, having its under surface convexed toconform to the concave uppersurface of the handle; and e e designate theinwardlyprojecting flanges. These iianges are formed, as stated, bycutting away the material, so asf' to leave a recess or groove betweeneach flange and the convex surface of the handlecovering. Thehandle-covering may'then be secured to the handle in the mannerstated.As an additional protection, however, against disconnection of thehandle and handle-covering, a V-shaped cut can be made in the handle,and the prongv thus formed driven into the handle-covering; or othersuitable-- means may be employed to cbt-ain a more rigid connection, ifdesired.

These handle-coverings may be made from moldings and applied topan-handles at small cost, and when so applied will obtain the desiredresult in a simpleand efficient manner.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a handle-covering for pan-handlesand like articles, composed of wood or othernon-conducting material, andhaving the surface of one side cut away to form recessed flanges,substantially asV set forth, for the Ipurposes described. 2. Thecombination, with a pan-handle, of a handle-covering, c, having theedges of one side shaped to form flanges e e, with a recess or groovebetween each iiange and the body of the handle-covering, whereby theattachment of the handle-covering to the handle may be obtained withoutriveting or soldering, substantially as herein shown and described. Y Intestimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand this 18th 'day of June, A.D. 1883.

HENRY c. MILLIGAN.

Witnesses:

ERNEST C. WEEE, ARTHUR C. WEBB.

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